Bergthal Colony

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The Bergthal Colony was a Mennonite settlement in the southern part of the former Russian Empire, now Ukraine.

The colony consisted of five villages: Schoenfeld, Heuboden, Bergthal, Schoenthal, and Friedrichsthal. The villages were settled during the years 1836 to 1852 by 149 landless families from the Chortitza Colony. The settlement was located on the Bodni, a small tributary of the Berda River about 200 km southeast of Zaporizhia. During the 1870s, the entire colony consisting of about 500 families, immigrated to Manitoba.

References

  • Schroeder, William. The Bergthal Colony. 2nd ed. Winnipeg: CMBS, 1986.
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